Frist won't run for president in 2008

[madinmaryland]

Breaking on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15951637/

Sources close to outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., tell the National Journal's Hotline that Frist has decided not to run for President in 2008.

Hotline reports Frist will make a formal announcement this afternoon, at 1:00 pm ET in Tennessee.

Frist is said to have made the decision in recent days after consulting family, friends and advisers.

...snip

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

edited to add details..

[wisteria]

1. Now that is a shame. I think we should start a draft Frist for President campaign. n/t

[saigon68]

37. After diagnosing Teri Schaivo, alive, well and ready to play Cribbage

From looking at her vapid face on a TV monitor --------this ass-clown extraordinaire is about to take his HCA stock and really make a killing in the Market

</sarcasm>

[dancingme]

2. did he diagnose his chances of winning

after looking at a video of himself trying to explain how things are going great in Iraq?

[mcscajun]

3. madinmaryland - Please edit your subject to match the headline.

In conformance with the rules for Latest Breaking News posts.

Thank you.
:)

[maddezmom]

4. oops

looks like another mod posted before me :hide:

to reflect the actual title: Frist won't run for president in 2008

and the link is up to the story now if you want to add it, too.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15951637/

Thanks in advance :)

[OneBlueSky]

5. aw, shucks . . . what'll I do with all these bumper stickers? . . . n/t

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[madinmaryland]

19. Send them to this person....

MSNBC actually used this picture in their announcement.

[LiberalFighter]

28. He looks like he has cancer of course we all know he is a cancer.

[Virginia Dare]

6. Will he go back to being a "doctor"?..

:scared:

[madinmaryland]

20. Video-taped diagnoses!

Really.. :scared:

[TroubleMan]

7. He'll be too busy trying to find a way to stop AIDS transmission from drool.

nt.

[Renew Deal]

8. He was a sure loser

But it would have been entertaining.

[customerserviceguy]

27. He'd have been slaughtered early

The Repugs despise him, it's clear from any reading of freeper comments that he'd never pull more than five percent of caucus or primary support. He's just sparing his family from the obvious.

[LiberalEsto]

9. So many cats...

so little time

[mconvente]

10. LOL - who's left??

McCain - hahaha. Guiliani - HAHAHA.

To be honest, though, Hagel from Nebraska projects himself to be moderate (which we know he isn't) but to the "general masses", he would seem appealing. We need an excellent candidate to counteract that. Gore/Clark 08 anyone??

[maddezmom]

11. don't forget mitt

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

12. Republican Frist will not seek White House: source

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061129/pl_nm/usa_politics_frist_dc_1

>>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senate Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee will not run for the White House in 2008, a Republican Party source said on Wednesday.

Frist, a surgeon who had served two terms, had stepped down from the Senate this year to prepare for a possible presidential run. An announcement was expected later on Wednesday.<<

[Zavulon]

23. Like the smarmy fuck had a chance to win anyway. In other news, I too

decline to run. I'm serious. And if elected, I shall not serve.

[E-Z-B]

13. This must mean that the SEC told him they're coming down hard on him

with his "blind" trusts.

[havocmom]

15. Or his family told him not to bother running yet

The Treasury is filled with nothing but IOUs. They need to let a DEM administration back in for awhile to fix the mess and improve receipts be-for the GOP pulls another raid.

[MADem]

31. BINGO....you got it! NT

[NashVegas]

14. Damn!

He would have been so much fun to run against.

[KamaAina]

16. Cats across the country rejoice!

They're rubbing up against their humans' legs even as we speak, as though to the sound of some giant cosmic can opener. :-)

[madinmaryland]

22. Now that Frist is unemployed I wouldn't be so sure cats will

be rejoicing..

[LiberalFighter]

29. Does he still have a license to practice medicine?

Would it be safe for anyone to go under his knife after a 12 year absence from that field?


Added 'his'

[Cass]

17. Hmmm. I wonder if the stock thing had something to do with his decision.

[KamaAina]

18. I guess he couldn't figure out who to get for a running mate

now that Terri Schiavo is, um, out of the running. :evilgrin:

edit: punctuation in header

[Tight_rope]

21. Must be his part in the "Culture of Corruption" that changed his mind!

[madinmaryland]

25. Wonder if there is an indictment coming down for insider

stock trading?

[maddezmom]

26. let's hope

and thanks for changing the headline. :)

[last_texas_dem]

34. Maybe that's it

I was surprised to hear he wasn't running as I had assumed that was the primary reason he was retiring for the Senate. Now that the media isn't turning a *total* blind eye to Repug corruption, perhaps he got scared. It's a shame, though, as I think he would have been a good Repug to go up against; we would have had a nice shot at beating him, regardless of our candidate.

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[rainbow4321]

30. "doctor around the world to serve those in poverty, in famine, and in civil war"

So the next obvious question....is Iraq going to be his first stop?? Cuz if civil war is what he is looking for, that's the place to be!!

Better question..why not start here at home and head to the lower income parts of our own country. Open up a cross country medical mobile/van and provide the much needed services.

[Scooter24]

32. I'm sure he's looking forward to making a lot more in the private sector now...

probably will be on a few boards, consulting here and there, might even become a political advisor.

I can almost bet that he won't be hurting for money as a private citizen.

[AnneD]

33. and Water is wet...

more details at 6...:eyes:

[David Zephyr]

35. I was so looking forward to this egomaniac running...

Alas, I guess his diagnosis of Teri Schiavo will be his political epitaph.

[spanone]

36. Smartest move he's made in years. He's going into the video diagnosis business.

[brook]

38. Ah, thit!

And he had such a good chance of whining...I mean, winning.